ABSTRACT
You don’t need a big ego, but I suspect it can sometimes really help. Ego is about insecurity, something most humans can relate to. And one of the many things an insecure ego does is convince a person that she or he has nothing to fear and is in fact astonishingly talented. This of course is almost always untrue, especially when one is first starting out. But believing one’s own bullshit can sometimes serve as a welcome protection device, and even as a catalyst. Without such self-deceptions, some of us would never dream of getting up onstage, which would be a real loss for us all. However, in the long run it is absolutely essential to get past the insecure preening of fearful ego and establish a confidence based upon authentic experience.
